WCOOP ‘Winner’ Telscher Appealing to Courts

Thursday, 3 July 2008

PokerStars.com has been appearing in the High Court on the Isle of
Man this week following a complaint by online player Natalie
Telscher that the site owes her $1.228 million.
The court in Douglas has been hearing evidence that Telscher had
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PokerStars.com has been appearing in the High Court on the Isle of
Man this week following a complaint by online player Natalie
Telscher that the site owes her $1.228 million.
The court in Douglas has been hearing evidence that Telscher had
a PokerStars.com account operated under the pseudonym 'TheV0id' and
took part in the World Championship of Online Poker’s No Limits
Hold'em Main Event tournament on September 30, 2007 along with
2,997 other users.
According the Isle of Man Today online newspaper, Telscher had a
third party play on her behalf during the entire tournament, a
situation that the online casino claims was a breach of tournament
rules. After 22 hours of play, 'TheV0id’ was one of two players
left in the tournament and they agreed to split the prize but
Telscher did not receive her $1.228 million payout.
Appearing in court as Rational Entertainment Enterprises
Limited, PokerStars.com stated that Telscher was not entitled to
any winnings because she had contravened tournament rules in that
she did not personally play the game. Representatives for
PokerStars.com claimed that Telscher never entered or played in the
tournament, meaning that the firm was entitled to disqualify both
her and the third party.
High Court Deemster David Doyle adjourned the case, stating that
contractual issues had to first be determined before any other
areas of the case could be addressed.
'This, on the face of it, is or should be a fairly simple case,”
read his judgement.
“Either the plaintiff is contractually entitled to the monies or
she is not. Either the defendant was entitled to disqualify the
plaintiff or it was not.'

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